Neuroethics

Abstract

Neuroethics is the term referring to bioethics in the field on neuroscience, neurotechnology, neuropharmacology and neuroradiology. According to Web of Science, this neologism was probably first used in 1993 by A.A. Pontius in a discussion on the development, published in Psychological Reports. The most frequent definition of neuroethics includes ethical, legal amd social infuences on the development and application of neuroscience.

Neuroetika se definira kao primijenjena bioetika u svim područjima neurologije, uključujući neuroznanost, neurotehnologiju, neurofarmakologiju i neuroradiologiju. Neologizam neuroetika prvi put se spominje 1993. u raspravi o moralnom razvoju. Najčešća definicija neuroetike odnosi se na etičke, pravne i socijalne utjecaje na razvoj i primjenu neuroznanosti.